Meaning not yet researched.
Rodger: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 18 in 2025. Its best rank was #242 in 1946.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #242 in 1946; #5,353 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Rodger in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#5,353 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1946, at #242.
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Rodger: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 18 boys in 2025. Peak: #242 in 1946 · most boys in one year: 680 (1949).
In 2025, 18 US boys were named Rodger, making it the 5,353rd most common boys’ name of the year, up 3,483 places from #8,836 in 2024. That is 9 more than the 9 boys named Rodger in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #242, reached in 1946. The most boys given the name in a single year was 680, in 1949. For comparison, it was #3,290 in 2015 and #268 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Rodger in 126 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1891 with 5 babies. In all, 21,556 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 5,503 babies named Rodger.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 180 US boys were named Rodger; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 27. In 2025 that was about 1 in 94,893 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Roger (443,830 babies since 1880). The open nickname list we use links it to Bobby, Hodge, Rod, Roge and Roger.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 18 | #5,353 |
| 2024 | — | — | 9 | #8,836 |
| 2023 | — | — | 16 | #5,869 |
| 2022 | — | — | 16 | #5,819 |
| 2021 | — | — | 14 | #6,279 |
| 2020 | — | — | 17 | #5,412 |
| 2019 | — | — | 17 | #5,513 |
| 2018 | — | — | 21 | #4,709 |
| 2017 | — | — | 27 | #3,961 |
| 2016 | — | — | 25 | #4,174 |
| 2015 | — | — | 35 | #3,290 |
| 2014 | — | — | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2013 | — | — | 26 | #3,942 |
| 2012 | — | — | 20 | #4,822 |
| 2011 | — | — | 19 | #4,946 |
| 2010 | — | — | 12 | #7,013 |
| 2009 | — | — | 19 | #5,065 |
| 2008 | — | — | 30 | #3,629 |
| 2007 | — | — | 25 | #4,096 |
| 2006 | — | — | 34 | #3,205 |
| 2005 | — | — | 29 | #3,434 |
| 2004 | — | — | 28 | #3,437 |
| 2003 | — | — | 20 | #4,246 |
| 2002 | — | — | 37 | #2,627 |
| 2001 | — | — | 41 | #2,420 |
| 2000 | — | — | 34 | #2,724 |
| 1999 | — | — | 32 | #2,712 |
| 1998 | — | — | 35 | #2,492 |
| 1997 | — | — | 35 | #2,387 |
| 1996 | — | — | 46 | #1,954 |
| 1995 | — | — | 39 | #2,131 |
| 1994 | — | — | 48 | #1,816 |
| 1993 | — | — | 58 | #1,572 |
| 1992 | — | — | 61 | #1,501 |
| 1991 | — | — | 76 | #1,293 |
| 1990 | — | — | 75 | #1,284 |
| 1989 | — | — | 71 | #1,305 |
| 1988 | — | — | 87 | #1,068 |
| 1987 | — | — | 91 | #1,001 |
| 1986 | — | — | 77 | #1,064 |
| 1985 | — | — | 97 | #925 |
| 1984 | — | — | 90 | #928 |
| 1983 | — | — | 109 | #837 |
| 1982 | — | — | 102 | #890 |
| 1981 | — | — | 121 | #799 |
| 1980 | — | — | 130 | #772 |
| 1979 | — | — | 140 | #732 |
| 1978 | — | — | 119 | #773 |
| 1977 | — | — | 133 | #743 |
| 1976 | — | — | 140 | #705 |
| 1975 | — | — | 129 | #733 |
| 1974 | — | — | 172 | #612 |
| 1973 | — | — | 175 | #597 |
| 1972 | — | — | 193 | #576 |
| 1971 | — | — | 244 | #521 |
| 1970 | — | — | 256 | #504 |
| 1969 | — | — | 265 | #472 |
| 1968 | — | — | 296 | #448 |
| 1967 | — | — | 308 | #433 |
| 1966 | — | — | 325 | #425 |
| 1965 | — | — | 343 | #421 |
| 1964 | — | — | 380 | #412 |
| 1963 | — | — | 413 | #392 |
| 1962 | — | — | 412 | #399 |
| 1961 | — | — | 477 | #365 |
| 1960 | — | — | 454 | #370 |
| 1959 | — | — | 482 | #356 |
| 1958 | — | — | 455 | #361 |
| 1957 | — | — | 475 | #346 |
| 1956 | — | — | 498 | #333 |
| 1955 | — | — | 565 | #305 |
| 1954 | — | — | 625 | #281 |
| 1953 | — | — | 658 | #271 |
| 1952 | — | — | 562 | #297 |
| 1951 | — | — | 577 | #283 |
| 1950 | — | — | 606 | #268 |
| 1949 | — | — | 680 | #247 |
| 1948 | — | — | 663 | #250 |
| 1947 | — | — | 646 | #265 |
| 1946 | — | — | 646 | #242 |
| 1945 | — | — | 551 | #243 |
| 1944 | — | — | 508 | #261 |
| 1943 | — | — | 534 | #264 |
| 1942 | — | — | 411 | #301 |
| 1941 | — | — | 338 | #318 |
| 1940 | — | — | 315 | #319 |
| 1939 | — | — | 295 | #320 |
| 1938 | — | — | 295 | #322 |
| 1937 | — | — | 221 | #367 |
| 1936 | — | — | 231 | #355 |
| 1935 | — | — | 168 | #434 |
| 1934 | — | — | 155 | #453 |
| 1933 | — | — | 165 | #430 |
| 1932 | — | — | 156 | #457 |
| 1931 | — | — | 142 | #477 |
| 1930 | — | — | 131 | #525 |
| 1929 | — | — | 115 | #552 |
| 1928 | — | — | 111 | #587 |
| 1927 | — | — | 109 | #595 |
| 1926 | — | — | 89 | #675 |
| 1925 | — | — | 102 | #626 |
| 1924 | — | — | 76 | #777 |
| 1923 | — | — | 67 | #830 |
| 1922 | — | — | 68 | #826 |
| 1921 | — | — | 64 | #875 |
| 1920 | — | — | 82 | #720 |
| 1919 | — | — | 63 | #829 |
| 1918 | — | — | 69 | #788 |
| 1917 | — | — | 46 | #961 |
| 1916 | — | — | 43 | #980 |
| 1915 | — | — | 48 | #902 |
| 1914 | — | — | 34 | #963 |
| 1913 | — | — | 30 | #910 |
| 1912 | — | — | 22 | #990 |
| 1911 | — | — | 20 | #726 |
| 1910 | — | — | 5 | #1,797 |
| 1909 | — | — | 9 | #1,071 |
| 1908 | — | — | 7 | #1,195 |
| 1907 | — | — | 12 | #805 |
| 1906 | — | — | 6 | #1,227 |
| 1905 | — | — | 7 | #1,071 |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,276 |
| 1900 | — | — | 5 | #1,469 |
| 1899 | — | — | 6 | #1,035 |
| 1894 | — | — | 5 | #1,210 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #1,098 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).